U of M damage estimated at $1.2 million.
Fire damage to the Duff Roblin Building at the University of Manitoba is estimated at $1.2 million following a blaze there Saturday afternoon.
Smoke billows from the Duff Roblin building at U of M March 28. (Joshua Adria/CBC)
There were no injuries but parts of the campus were evacuated as firefighters and hazardous materials personnel worried about toxic fumes from more than 250 chemicals stored in the building.
The fire was reported just after 12 p.m. Saturday at the building on Dysart Road which houses the psychology department and zoology laboratories.
Smoke could be seen billowing into the sky from two blocks away.
Students, staff and visitors were allowed back on campus later in the day. Officials had no immediate word on the cause of the blaze which took about two hours to extinguish. The building has been closed indefinitely.
